Is the Rare Rolling Block Rifle good rdr2?

The Rare Rolling Block Rifle is a weapon featured in Red Dead Redemption 2. It cannot be customized.

Contents

  • 1 Description
  • 2 Acquisition
  • 3 Trivia
  • 4 Gallery
  • 5 Navigation

Description

A unique Rolling Block Rifle made of light wood and blackened steel, adorned with carvings. Previously belonging to a bounty hunter after Josiah Trelawny, this weapon can be found in a barn near Braithwaite Manor. This is a single-shot weapon, and can use Regular, High Velocity, Split Point, Express and Explosive rifle ammo.

Acquisition

This sniper rifle can be looted from a bounty hunter, who attempts to snipe Arthur and Charles from a barn near Braithwaite Manor at the end of the mission "Magicians for Sport".

Trivia

  • This weapon is slightly more accurate than the standard Rolling Block Rifle.
  • The weapon cannot be collected after completing "Magicians for Sport". Obtaining the rifle in a mission replay will update the compendium but the rifle itself will not be acquired.

Gallery

Is the Rare Rolling Block Rifle good rdr2?

Close-up of the Rare Rolling Block Rifle

Is the Rare Rolling Block Rifle good rdr2?

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Navigation

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Weapons in Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online
Melee

Fists | Cleaver | Hatchet (Double Bit - Rusted | Hewing | Stone | Viking | Hunter - Rusted) | Hunting Knife (Antler | Bagshot | Bound Shears | Civil War | Jawbone | John's | Lance | Ornate Dagger | Wide-Blade) | Machete (Águila | Broken Pirate Sword | Zavala) | Hammer

Pistols and Revolvers

Cattleman Revolver (Flaco's | Granger's | John's) | Double-action Revolver (Algernon's | Micah's | High Roller) | Mauser Pistol (Midnight's) | Schofield Revolver (Calloway's | Otis Miller's) | Semi-Automatic Pistol | Volcanic Pistol | M1899 Pistol | LeMat Revolver | Navy Revolver (Lowry's)

Rifles and Repeaters

Bolt Action Rifle | Carbine Repeater | Lancaster Repeater | Litchfield Repeater | Springfield Rifle | Varmint Rifle | Evans Repeater | Elephant Rifle

Scoped Rifles

Rolling Block Rifle (Rare) | Carcano Rifle

Shotguns

Double-barreled Shotgun (Rare) | Pump-action Shotgun | Repeating Shotgun | Sawed-off Shotgun | Semi-auto Shotgun

Thrown and Projectiles

Dynamite | Fire Bottle | Throwing Knife | Tomahawk (Ancient) | Toxic Moonshine Bottle

Mounted Weapons

Gatling Gun | Browning Gun | Cannon

Others

Bow (Improved) | Lasso (Reinforced) | Bolas | Flammable Moonshine | Lantern (Electric | Glabella)

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Rare Rolling Block Rifle

Quick Overview

Red Dead Redemption 2 Rare Rolling Block Rifle is a Sniper Weapon Type, which is ideal for hunting Medium and Large Animals. This weapons best stats are Accuracy 3.5/4 (Best) and Accuracy 3.5/4 (Good) and its lowest stats being Rate of Fire 1.2/4 (Weak).

Rare Rolling Block Rifle Stats and Gunsmith cost

DamageRangeFiring RateReloadAccruacyCost
3.5 3.5 1.2 3.5 1.5 $0

Animal sizes you should hunt with the Rare Rolling Block Rifle

Red Dead Redemption 2 Rare Rolling Block Rifle How to Get

Locations where you can find Rare Rolling Block Rifle.

NameHow to unlock
Rare Rolling Block Rifle Acquired during “Magicians for Sport”, Chapter 3 - Dropped by the sniper firing from the barn. (Note: You must pick this weapon up, as it will not be unlockable later)

Rare Rolling Block Rifle Ammunition

Rare Rolling Block Rifle ammo types.

Ammo Crafting

Rare Rolling Block Rifle Components

Weapon modifications you can purchase at the Gunsmith to improve your weapon stats and performance.

Barrel

Iron Sights

Weapon Scopes

Stocks

Wraps

Rare Rolling Block Rifle Styles

Weapon customizations you can purchase at the Gunsmith to change the look of your best weapons.

Metals

Engravings

Carvings

Leather

Varnish

What is the most powerful rifle in rdr2?

The title of best rifle in Red Dead Redemption 2 could be awarded to the Springfield Rifle, but we'd have to choose the Lichfield Rifle due to its higher fire rate. It's a rifle that certainly packs a punch, while not sacrificing fire rate for accuracy or range.

Is Block rifle good in rdr2?

Red Dead Redemption 2 Rolling Block Rifle is a Sniper Weapon Type, which is ideal for hunting Medium and Large Animals. This weapons best stats are Accuracy 3.5/4 (Best) and Accuracy 3.5/4 (Good) and its lowest stats being Rate of Fire 1.2/4 (Weak).

Is rdr2 Rolling Block Rifle good online?

Designed for hunting large beasts, the Litchfield Rolling Block is a powerful long scoped rifle, designed for long-range combat. With multiple telescopic sights available in different zoom levels, a sharpshooter can eliminate a target from afar and gain the element of surprise.

What's better Carcano or rolling block?

The Carcano has a significantly higher fire rate and reload speed, which are usually more beneficial. However, if the Rolling Block's higher damage can be combined with special ammo to guarantee one hit torso kills, it could be more useful.